As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of 'what is real' and 'what is not real' are very blurrily vivid to me.
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
My influences come from real life. I'm not interested in cinema for cinema's sake. I'm interested in life - what one does and how one interacts.
I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.
I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.
You don't even really get used to doing scenes where you have to kiss, or be particularly intimate, with another person who's not actually your lover in real life.
I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.
Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning.
You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.
For real human beings, the only realism is an embodied realism.
My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.
I like live audiences, with real people - virtual reality is no substitute.
Although we look at ourselves as One, in the real world we always experience ourselves as TWO.
[from trailer] Haymitch Abernathy: Remember who the real enemy is.
Finnick Odair: Katniss... remember who the real enemy is.
Public employees contribute real value for the benefit of all citizens. Public-union bosses collect real money from all taxpayers for the benefit of a few.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
It's time to focus on real solutions that will create jobs and build our economy for real strength and stability - not just for the fortunate few, but for every American.
Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.
